European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 08, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 24 the stars and stripes Friday september 8.1989 of plan would curb exercises mow Brussels. Belgium nato a massive constraints on military exercises Ana movements and will recommend intense scrutiny thousands of weapon storage Sites throughout Europe As part or continuing East West conventional arms talks. The proposals which were to be presented after the Vienna talks resumed thursday arc aimed at advancing the negotiations into what officials a know will be the most difficult stage and the soviet bloc nations will Verjeli a hands offcuts in conventional weapons. A senior nato could go along Way toward map Fth goal of president Bush who in junejr6n nato leaders to reach a con Cal within six months to a year optimism Overall is justified. But an opt i mixed with the proposals will set Forth procedures for verifying cuts in five weapon systems covered by the negotiations tanks artillery armoured personnel carriers c Bat aircraft and combat helicopters. M the Start of the nato Cost proposed of 20,000 tanks 38jliflirmfljiihwpcarricrs and 16,500 to 24,000 arum meal the urging of Bush include an Overall limit of 5.700 1,900 com Ucli copters. In addition the United slates and Sovie would not be allowed to have More than 275.c troops each located in the european territory covered by the treaty. The procedures in the new proposal include massive Exchange of data about the numbers of weapons included in the treaty. Also Exchange would be the locations of military units holding the weapons. Ould be exchanged periodically hmm the treaty was signed once again when. Went into of acct and then once a year afterwards. " a plan for verifying the data exchanged by the iwo sides also will be proposed by the Wesl. Under the nato plan teams of inspectors would regularly visit military Silas to conduct an agr cd upon number of inspections. The Range and scope of the inspections however would Likely Dwarf any similar Effort con ducted previously since icy include virtually every military Silc Between the ural mountains and inc at lactic coast. A Asp Cal of the West s proposals will be Stabi Lizi Hlf thu Ca Mcd at providing Long Range notify Calion on us ctr in Hamas major troop movements. Each Side would Alstom wired to Alert the other of major activations of Reserve the size Loca Tion and length of military exercises of troops and tanks for example allowed to participate in military exercises would also be clearly defined. Bush from Page 1 conservative answer. Rep. Dan Rostonkowski. D-iii., chair Man of the House ways and Means committee warned the drug Cartel would win unless the president sup ports the tax increases that will be Essary to fight this other democrats however said the were ready to work cooperatively with the White House in approving the bul of the program and conceded that with out White House backing a tax hike was unlikely. Also wednesday Bush did not Rule out the use of american forces in Colombia but Reite rated it would Only come at the invitation of local authorities who have re fused suggestions of american intervention. Ii such a request we remade we d take a very different look at this Bush said. Drug Czar William Bennett suggested that in addition to Border surveil Lance he would like to see the National guard used in drug eradication pro Grams. The american civil liberties Union called the Bush War plan counterproductive and cynical shortchanging prevention and treatment programs while putting overwhelming Reliance on the criminal Justice the White House was non commit Tal on a suggestion by sen. Joseph Biden d-del., that an International military strike Force be formed to combat the drug cartels. Bush had made a similar suggestion while campaigning in 1988.in an appearance before the National press club Bennett said he believe both political parties were in agreement on the substance of the policy which Calls for a 77 percent increase in the Federal prison system More Aid to the andean cocaine producing countries a doubling of the number of drug treatment slots More emphasis on the casual user of drugs. Our research finds that hardly any one buys their first drugs Bennett said. They Are Given them Many times bythe casual user who just wants the com probe from Page 1 gun of three in the second Turret was being loaded for firing practice while the battleship was near puerto Rico. The guns and Turret were designed inthe late 1930s and use powder and shells manufactured More than 40 years ago i world War ii. There had been Early speculation the powder could have be come unstable but the Pentagon Dis counted that theory. Pentagon sources had said previously the report also would outline numerous training and maintenance lapses on the ship but none of those was identified As a cause of the explosion. Gunner s male 3rd class Kendall Truitt one of 11 sailors in the base of the seven deck Turret who survived but did not witness the blast has criticized the Navy for leaking reports that the service was investigating his relationship wit Hartwig. Train has said investigators tried to suggest he d had a sexual relationship with Hartwig or that Hartwig had committed suicide after the iwo had a falling Rubin the Miami lawyer rep reselling Truitt said wednesday night this is an underhanded attempt by the Navy to explain its negligence in training inc Crew and forcing 50-Ycar-Ojd Icahn of orgy onto the american Public in order to preserve the battleship As a weapon of War the Navy knows the cause of the tragedy and is not going to reveal it. It s All part of a Coyer up and Whitewash to save the earlier this week Seaman David Smith said Navy browbeat him into an admission that Hartwig handmade a sexual Advance to him and had talked about How to set off an explosion with a cheap Liming device. Smith told Abc radio he had received no such proposition and had heard of no such s sister Kathy Kubicina said Smith s statements added a Strong boost to her Campaign to Clear her brother s said wednesday night this is nothing i did t expect none of the Guys on the Iowa believe my brother blk w up the admirals including the no. 2 officer of the service were scheduled a appear at the thursday briefing for re porters. They arc . Leon ency Vic chief of naval operations rear . Richard Milligan the investigating offi cer and rear . William schachts head of naval investigative services. The Iowa meanwhile is in Gacita Italy As part of a tour of the Mediterranean. Envoy from Lions to leave tuesday night by destroying documents and pulling things also tuesday 6th Fleet helicopters flew to Cyprus to prepare for the evacuation on wednesday. Three helicopters look off Al Daw wednesday and resumed to Cypus Aboul iwo hours Laler Landing Al a Roluri Aj-8 45 . With the diplomats no Amft a c-130 Hercules Joyt fun aircraft from the 317th Wing Al Pope fab n.c., de Tannner up and flew them inf finn after arriving at Rhein no diplomats boarded a bus for an alien. One of his regrets was that he had to make an Impact on the hostage pm icon. The hos tages Are held in West Bof Eiyind other areas of Lebannon that arc Basto to All americans. We were not in _ position to do very much for the hosta he said. A diplomatic source insisting on anonymity said the British embassy in Beirut was informed tuesday Nighan the Deci Sion to vac talc inc a Frean embassy staff. I to the Force no flinch in London said us Ili Ili Nii i it a Iii immedi Alc plans to Fol emf Riboul 15 British embassy staffers christians besieging the embassy compound were angry Al the United state for not coming to their Aid against the Syri an army and its moslem allies since hostilities began March 8. Fighting Between inc factions has since claimed the lives of 827 people and wounded 2,452.christian sources said the embassy siege was designed by Aoun to whip up Ami american scrim Cal among christians in Side and outside Lebanon to bring pres sure to Bear on the United slates. Mccarthy took up his Post in september"88 after the emergence of the dual gov hols a has not Sun in
